Apple’s new Mac Mini is revealed to be equipped with M4 series chips and is expected to debut within the year

[ Tinydeal Technology News]Apple is continuing to invest in upgrading its Mac product line. Among them, the much-watched Mac mini is expected to receive an important update before the end of 2024. What is striking is that Apple may skip the M3 chip this time and jump directly from M2 to M4.

The Apple Mac Mini M4 chip has remained stable in appearance design for a long time, and the new models in 2024 are not expected to have major changes. The 2023 Mac mini update makes it thinner and lighter, and this design feature is likely to continue in the new 2024 model.

Well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has previously stated that the new Mac mini will maintain a similar appearance design to the existing model. As early as 2021, there were rumors that Apple was developing a Mac mini with an acrylic glass top cover and other design changes, but this product did not ultimately come out.

Mac mini, Apple’s smallest and most portable desktop computer, is 7.75 inches square and only 1.41 inches thick. It is typically used with a standalone monitor, keyboard, and mouse, accessories that do not come with the machine.

The core highlight of this update is undoubtedly the M4 and M4 Pro chips. The M4 chip was first unveiled on the iPad Pro and is manufactured using second-generation 3nm technology. Compared to the M2 chip, the CPU performance is improved by 50%, while the rendering performance increases up to 4 times. The new Mac mini will skip the M3 series and feature the powerful M4 chip. This chip includes a 10-core CPU and a 10-core GPU. Although a 9-core CPU variant exists, Apple is unlikely to use it in the Mac mini. Instead, the company may reserve it for the iPad Pro and future MacBook Air models. Apple may reserve it for the iPad Pro and future MacBook Air models.

Since the last update in January 2023, the Mac mini has not received a major update in nearly two years. Apple typically updates its Mac product line in October or November. Therefore, we expect the new M4 Mac mini to be unveiled around this time. Specific details about the M4 Pro are unclear, as this chip isn’t expected until later this year.